Queering cross-sex friendships: An analysis of gay and bisexual men's workplace friendships with heterosexual women

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 955-978

  Rumens, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bisexuality; cross sex friendships; gay men; organizational heteronormativity; queer friendships; queer theory; work spouses; workplace friendships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864298293     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712442427     Document Type: Article

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